1312 - 1725 FINE PRINTING and ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (including CARICATURE)
= Contemp. ms. on one leaf: "Souvenir à ma chére soeur Gabrielle le jour de sa Premiére Communion".
- Silk loosening from endpapers; some lvs. loosening; (sm.) inkstain throughout in blank margins; sl. foxed/ browned. Spine and joints sl. rubbed; box w. some sm. rubbed spots.
- Different title on chromolithogr. title: "Nouvelles Heures"; occas. trifle/ sl. foxed. Velvet over joints starting at spine-ends.
- Some dam. spots in upper margin between p.165-168. Joints splitting.
= Beautiful devotional book w. skilfully executed drawings. Recto first blank w. date in ms.: "Mai 1856". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLV.
- Top of spine bumped; occas. sl. foxed; bookplate on upper pastedown. Slipcase sl. rubbed.
= Very fine romantic publication with plates in splendid handcolouring. Vicaire V, p.334; Carteret III, p.391. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVII.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
- Occas. a few very vague foxed spots; one catch professionally strengthened. Otherwise very fine.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.
- Joints starting at top of spine.
= Presentation copy for "Madame Reynal" signed by M. Michel. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVII.
- Some lvs. in various stages of execution: 9 lvs. w. hancol. and gilt borders but without calligraphed text; 2 blank lvs. w. just the outlining.
= A beautiful gift on occasion of a marriage, showcasing the revival of medievalism in late 19th century bookproduction. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; w. contemp. manuscript letter tipped-in between first blank and first free endpaper stating the work was gifted to Jenny Lind (1820-1887) ("The Swedish Nightingale").
= McLean, Victorian book design and colour printing, p.74; McLean, Victorian publishers' book-bindings in paper, p.53; Ball, Victorian publishers' bindings, p.144 and 149: "Humpreys stated (page iv) that he has taken the cover design from a carved ivory one in the British Museum (Queen Mellisenda's Psalter), but added original designs to the medallions". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVII.